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Baby Audio Super VHS vs Thenatan DIAL

Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side β€” with our verdict on which effect to buy.

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SignalBaby Audio Super VHSThenatan DIAL
Priceβ€”$12 intro / $50
Dubspot Score8.4β€”
FormatsVST, VST3, AU, AAXVST, VST3, AU
Plugin typeMulti-effect plugin with six one-knob effectsβ€”
Effects includedStatic (VHS noise), Heat (tape saturation), Shape (sample rate reducer), Magic (ensemble FX), Drift (pitch fluctuation LFO), Wash (reverb)β€”
FormatsVST, VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit)β€”
Mac supportmacOS 10.11 and up, native Apple Silicon (M-chip) compatibleβ€”
Windows supportWindows 10 and newerβ€”
DAW compatibilityAll major DAWs (Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason)β€”
Typeβ€”Radio-signal designer
Priceβ€”$12 intro / $50 list
Store endβ€”16 October 2026 on Thenatan
Plugin Boutiqueβ€”$12 from $50, 76% off until 15 October 2026
Tunerβ€”Seven stations, SEARCH, AM and FM
Radiosβ€”Warm Tube, Transistor, Shortwave, Cheap Speaker
Interferenceβ€”Noise, Crackle, Morse, Drift, Dropout, Blend
Speakerβ€”Rattle, two detuned wobbles
Presetsβ€”64 across eight categories
Latencyβ€”Zero
Downloadβ€”61.0 MB on the Thenatan store
Activationβ€”Serial number. No iLok
Windowsβ€”7 or later, 64-bit. VST and VST3
macOSβ€”AU, VST, VST3, 64-bit. Native Apple Silicon
Not includedβ€”AAX / Pro Tools

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